different between burning vs flammable
burning
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /b?n??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /b??n??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)n??
Verb
burning
- present participle of burn
Adjective
burning (comparative more burning, superlative most burning)
- So hot as to seem to burn (something).
- Feeling very hot.
- Feeling great passion.
- Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful.
- like a young hound upon a burning scent
- Being keenly discussed.
- a burning question; a burning issue
Derived terms
- wood-burning, woodburning
Translations
Noun
burning (plural burnings)
- The act by which something burns or is burned.
- 1850, The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal (volume 91, page 93)
- The propriety of the dissolution, too, was speedily seen in the improved state of the public peace: for twelve years we hear little of Orange riots, and nothing of such burnings and wreckings as those of Maghera, Maghery, and Annahagh.
- 1850, The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal (volume 91, page 93)
- A fire.
- The burnings continued all day.
Translations
Anagrams
- Bruning
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flammable
English
Etymology
Back-formation from inflammable, which is used to avoid confusion with non-flammable, as the prefix in- is often used to mean "un-; non-", although it was originally meant in a sense closely related to en-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?flæm?b?l/
Adjective
flammable (comparative more flammable, superlative most flammable)
- Capable of burning, especially a liquid.
- Easily set on fire.
- Subject to easy ignition and rapid flaming combustion.
Synonyms
- inflammable (in the original sense)
Antonyms
- inflammable (in the newer sense)
- non-flammable, nonflammable
- noninflammable
Translations
Noun
flammable (plural flammables)
- Any flammable substance.
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